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[TouchPad General] Rakaan:
Could someone please help me. I want to restore touchpad to it's original factory settings or just to WebOS. Currently I have WebOS and CM10 installed with moboot. Do I just follow the guide in the first post to remove all traces of Andrid and moboot etc and restore it to only WebOS?

Thanks.
[TouchPad General] sstar:
All you need to do is run acmeunstaller to remove CM10 and resize your partitions . Then in webos with preware install/run Cyboot to remove moboot . Finally in webos under settings do a factory reset.

The above will leave you with a webos only device that will be as it was when you bought it. All you then have to do is set it up.

This is the procedure I have followed before returning any device to HP and it has always passed there scrutiny .
[TouchPad General] Carey4782:
corrupted install

I had similar problems. Turned out I had two problems. The first was I did not create cminstall in the root from within HP OS and the second was I did not copy the files separately into cminstall and verify their file sizes! Make sure they begin with update-
[TouchPad General] kevace1:
can you please tell me the procedure you followed to your computer recognize the touchpad.....this is where im stuck. The computer recognizes the touchpad, my device manager says palm...but asks for drivers. and yes, i have the tp in recovery mode, as for some reason it will not boot anywhere so i wanna do this restore to have it back and running. Anyones help would be greatly appreciated....
[TouchPad General] rr5678:
Did you install the novacom drivers?

(on a side note, I need to stop leaving these threads unchecked for so long. Now I know I may forget again :p)
[TouchPad General] kevace1:
where exactly do i get those?? i follow the steps you outlined in the post, but when i get to the part of connecting theTP in recovery mode, my computer asks me to install drivers for device......when i run novacom, it asks me to either download or us the drivers from a currently installed webdoctor. when i choose download drivers, it never does, when i choose us a version of webdoctor i choose teh 3.0 version and is apparently installs something.....but my TP is connected, it is still not recognized.......:confused::confused:
[TouchPad General] sstar:
Did you not install the Android in the first place?
[TouchPad General] kevace1:
yes, by HP was and has android on it....but i let the battery die, and now i have the battery symbol with the "?" when i try to boot. i read elsewhere that i can set back to factory if i can put it in recovery mode, which i am able to do, as my computer detects.....but now it just continues to ask me for the drivers.......and i have installed stock webos before and installed android on it as well, twice actually on this same computer on two different TP, but i recall removing everything a little bit ago as far as teh program and everything, so now I'm just trying to repeat what i have done before.......
[TouchPad General] sstar:
Palm drivers are available here http://opensource.palm.com/packages.html
[TouchPad General] rr5678:
Try these

http://downloads.help.palm.com/opensource/novacom/novacom-win-32.tgz

And considering that you said your TouchPad shows the question mark battery, it may be screwed.
[TouchPad General] chicle_11:
Let the TP charge for a few hours on the stock wall charger. If you are a touchstone, use that. You don't want to rush out of power in the middle of the procedure.
[TouchPad General] buddiec:
novacom bootie in device manager

post 188 should help do you see the novacom bootie in the device manager when you touchpad is connected and in usb mode? If you see it then your computer is seeing your touch pad even if you dont see it in the my computer or get the usb noise when you connect it like I said my driver notice claimed a fail but the novacom bootie dictates other wise
[TouchPad General] techie_tk:
read only issue.

same here. looks like, my newly bought used tp always boots with flash system in read only mode. i cannot delete / copy to usb drive. after reboot it even ask for wifi password Is there no way to restore it to factory condition ??

i did try webosdoctor, struck at 12% and then it gives up.

has anyone tried TPDebrick. Does that reset the partitions in good state ?

thanks
[TouchPad General] kevace1:
now the TP is alternately flashing the LED in the home button....i guess some progress.....just confirmed that my OEM HP usb cable is dead, have to hold it in a certain position for it to connect, so gonna have to use some other OEM cable i have...
[TouchPad General] Zerosuit Connor:
I don't get the root@webos thing, I get to the HP Logo and that's it :(
[TouchPad General] jbird1955:
I too think most of the issue here is with the battery level. I'm able to complete the dir removal and creation steps but when I get to WebOS 3.0.0 install it starts but then thinks it's a phone for some reason and then fails to even start due to the battery issue.

I then plug it into the wall charger and the battery symbol comes up and shows 23% charge. As soon as it gets to 25% it then jumps to recovery mode. I then shut it off but when I plug it back into the wall charger I the the HP button again, no battery symbol.

Will this charge in recovery?
[TouchPad General] sstar:
It does on my touchstone if that helps.
[TouchPad General] chicle_11:
Try leaving it plugged in to the stock wall charger overnight, or even longer. Use a touchstone charger, if you have one, as sstar suggested.

I've had the battery die on me a couple of times, and leaving it plugged in for a long time has brought it back every time (so far).

I now take care not letting the battery run down completely.

If you use cm10, make sure you have MTP enabled (go to settings > storage > click on the 3 little squares on the upper right hand corner > USB Computer Connection, and click on MTP).
[TouchPad General] jbird1955:
Just got done and people, if I can give two pieces of advice it would be these:

1 - IT HAS TO BE CHARGED! I futzed around with this thing at least 4 times and the one thing that is a must is that it has to be fully charged (left mine plugged in recovery mode all night).

2 - Use Firefox or Chrome to download the jar files. IE turns them into zip's.

Also, as I stated earlier 3.0.0 loads itself as a phone so don't be scared.

BTW, this process worked like a champ!

Many thanks, Joe

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Final question, before I go and randomly update to 3.0.5, which version of WebOS is considered the best (knowing that the latest is not always the greates).
[TouchPad General] bchampy:
This thread was a life saver. I was tinkering as usual and deleted some files I shouldnt have and soft bricked my TP. I then mistakenly formatted my tablet into a really expensive 16gb flash drive. This guide helped me get WebOS reinstalled so I could re-install android. Worked out for the better though because I gained about 8gb of space on my sd card.
[TouchPad General] Carey4782:
It doesn't turn them into zip's; it just renames them. If you rename the downloaded file to .jar all will be good.
[TouchPad General] emblem01:
hi finished restoring and thank god it worked fine and dont see the regular screen where i have the option to either choose android or webos. it takes me straight to webos and it also doesnt take that long to boot so i think it went fine. i used webosdoctor 3.0.0 and it restored successfully and i had available 29.6 gb of 32 gb, however when i update it to 3.0.5 86 my memory becomes 27.4 gb and this is a clean account meaning no apps were recovered or restored..soo is that how its supposed to be or is there stil android in it that gets detected after updating? i think i read somewhere that after andrid it becomes 27.4 but im not. please help because i need to send it in for repair to hp and i dont want them to detect any sort of android on it and void my warranty...
[TouchPad General] sstar:
No , my TP shows as 25.4gig with Android after using acmeinstaller 3 .
[TouchPad General] emblem01:
is that for a clean android or with some saved data on the sd?
[TouchPad General] sstar:
Doesn't really matter as apps/DL etc are deducted from that to then give available space, so mine shows 25.4 with 7.3 available .
[TouchPad General] emblem01:
im confused, mine used to show 29.6 gb available of 32 gb and after updating it shows 27.4 available of 32 gb. i just need to know if the new update took up that 2 gb or was the android partition ntt deleted during this complete restore process and suddenly been detected by the touchpad?

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got my answer here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/7222-how...re-on-a-brand-new-32-gb-touchpad/page__st__10

" (from webOS Device Info)

new HP Touchpad 32GB, never installed CM7...webOS 3.0.2, 32GB, available 29.2GB

new HP Touchpad 32GB, installed CM7(1a)...webOS 3.0.2, 32GB, available 27.2GB

new HP Touchpad 32GB, never installed CM7...webOS 3.0.4, 32GB, available 27.4GB

new HP Touchpad 32GB, installed CM7(2a)...webOS 3.0.4, 32GB, available 25.4GB

Full Erase/USB Erase/Doctored HP Touchpad 16GB, never installed CM7...webOS 3.0.2, 16GB, available 13.5GB

Full Erase/USB Erase/Doctored HP Touchpad 16GB, never installed CM7...webOS 3.0.4, 16GB, available 12.5GB

note: webOS 3.0.4 uses additional 1.8GB of media space on 32GB, 1.0GB on 16GB

(subtract 2.0GB from available for CM7 installs)

YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY....as you install gapps/video/etc. available

space will change..........above figures are with simply stock webos, stock

CM7....nothing added ie: webos patches/kernels/preware/etc. or CM7 gapps/video/etc."
[TouchPad General] racenrich:
Just a note about your writeup. Great work, im truly impressed!

Took me a few times, some trouble shooting, but all and all, i just booted into WebOS 3.00. Ha, Gotta love it!

You rock!

I kept getting an error of "Incorrect metadata area header checksum".

after several attempts, i decided to search again and found the info below.

...about two lines of code inserted into your rundown of code.

It was as follows---

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0p14 bs=1024 count=1000

lvm.static pvcreate /dev/mmcblk0p14

Thanks to the this thread and all the devs that make this kind of knowledge possible, i salute you,

Cheers,

Rich K
[TouchPad General] here4info:
hi, I want to remove CM9 from my touchpad, start fresh and install CM10. How is this guide different from using acmeuninstaller? Does't that do the same thing? Is this guide more suited for situations where one has messed up their webOS installation?

thanks
[TouchPad General] geomonroe:
Thanks

once again i broke my tablet.

i ran the doctor and didnt check the machine out before i reinstalled android. so, as a result i had a mess.

Thanks so much for your help:laugh:
[TouchPad General] vampirexhunter:
I was having problems with mounting in WebOS or CWM, windows would prompt me to format. ( To backup and transfer everything with Wifi was my only option & it was painfully slow... also MTP android wasn't working properly.

So I decided to refresh my HP TouchPad back to factory WebOs 3.0.0 from 3.0.5 and clean install Android. (Which took a few hours to do)

But now I have a fresh and clean HP TouchPad. Noticed now I have extra space(2G+) from downgrading to 3.0.0 and my SD problems is fixed!:good: (Other than WebOS never seems to detect the Windows unmount and get the Oops! warning... so annoying)

Kudos to you for this great find & guide!

Thanks!
[TouchPad General] kawika0:
I've read every single post in this thread and have tried everything, but still cannot get past 12%. I guess my HP touchpad is deer turd.
[TouchPad General] mpgrimm2:
Not sure, but you may get t some additional info/help from this thread...

TPDebrick v004

Sent from my "Up all night, sleep all day" HP CM9 Touchpad
[TouchPad General] lifeisfun:
Is there way to know if TP is 16 or 32GB ? I have partially bricked device stuck on USB symbol.

Thanks
[TouchPad General] rr5678:
Try repartitioning using the 32GB instructions first. If you get a not enough free blocks error, then you have a 16.
[TouchPad General] lifeisfun:
Thank you !
[TouchPad General] trajano:
Stuck on Step 6

I am having trouble at this step

Instead of seeing a screen with just the HP Logo, I get the HP Logo with a bunch of kernel messages or in other occurrences I get a screen full of blue lines.

Either way once that happens, the device disconnects from USB and I cannot connect with novaterm or novacomm. Plugging and unplugging the USB does not work either. The only way for me to enable USB again is to do the Power+Volume Up key to get to recovery mode.

I can use novaterm on the Bootie, but once I do the novacomm boot mem://... command I get the problem I am describing here.
[TouchPad General] sstar:
I had the same problem , after what you said above run this command " novacom -t open tty:// " it worked for me.

Here is a link to the actual post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32024621&postcount=111

I hope this helps .
[TouchPad General] Extensor Digitorum Longus:
I'm having the EXACT same problems with

root@webos-device:/# lvm.static pvcreate /dev/mmcblk0p14
Can't initialize physical volume "/dev/mmcblk0p14" of volume group "store" without -ff

I then tried adding "-ff" and it errors as follows:
root@webos-device:/# lvm.static pvcreate /dev/mmcblk0p14 -ff
Really INITIALIZE physical volume "/dev/mmcblk0p14" of volume group "store" [y/n]? y
Can't open /dev/mmcblk0p14 exclusively. Mounted filesystem?

And then I cannot remove store. So basically I'm having the exact same read-only issue and webos doctor continues to get stuck at 12%.

Extremely frustrating.
[TouchPad General] gera800:
I stayed at 12% because I had formatted the sd card section

Thank you so much for posting this solution .. already had two weeks unable to install webos, I stayed at 12% because I had formatted the sd card section, and this procedure allowed me to get my tablet to 100% ...

Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, thank you very much.:good:
[TouchPad General] William P:
Volume group "store" inconsistent

Hello all,

My neighbor asked me to try to repair his brothers Touchpad last week, I think it is a 16 gig that ha CM7 installed on it. When I got the unit it was completely unresponsive but thanks to the TPDebrick tool I am not able to power it on. I can get to the Moboot menu and I can select with WebOs or Android. Unfortunately neither will load as they both get stuck on the splash screen. I tried to run WebOS Dr.and it gets stuck at 8%. After days of reading and researching I thought I had found my solution here. Unfortunately when I try this solution I get the following errors:

When I run the command: Lvm.static vgscan --ignorelockingfailure I get the following error messages:

/dev/mmcblk0p14: Lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid argument

/dev/mmcblk0p14: Lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid argument

Volume group "store" inconsistent

/dev/mmcblk0p14: lseek 31228690432 failed: invalid argument

Warning: Inconsistent metadata found for VG store - updating to use version 13

/dev/mmcblk0p14: Lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid argument

Automatic Metadata correction failed

I think that this thread here might help me also but I am too ignorant about Novaterm to know exactly what to do. I thought I was close to bringing this back to life I am afraid to try something I do not understand and mess it up worse.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33658969&postcount=4

If anybody has any help for me I would be very appreciative.

Thanks,

William
[TouchPad General] lev777:
Is it possible to make a flashable clockworkmod zip that does this?
[TouchPad General] geomonroe:
Can you connect to the tablet with novaterm?
[TouchPad General] :
Did this again this morning after many installs of Android/Doctoring left me with only 2GB of usable storage. Worked BEAUTIFULLY on W8 x64.

Used the Novacom Universal Installer

Navigated to Palm Inc.

Copied the uImage

Rebooted to WebOS Recovery

Ran "novacom boot mem:// < nova-installer-image-topaz.uImage" in cmd (hold Shift+Right Click-Select "open command window here")

Navigated to terminal (cd terminal)

Had to manually set my javaw path in the cmd (set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files <x86>\Java\jre7\bin)

Then opened novaterm in cmd (type "novaterm")

Followed the rest of the instructions and presto! WebOS 3.0 :good: and a clean slate.
[TouchPad General] sstar:
This must be your second time! I've done it twice now and remotely for another user in America. Thank god for this thread which I have now copied to word just in case.

PS I have used the option on page 12 rather than the novaterm.bat
[TouchPad General] :
Third time as well! Thats a good idea to save it. I'll do the same, lol :D
[TouchPad General] zehel7:
yes very effective already did it twoce because I removed my ubuntu partition thanks
[TouchPad General] Soulace1970:
Help installing WebOS Doctor 3.0.0. downgrade manually

Hi

Long story short - I bricked my 32GB HP Touchpad after running online WebOS Doctor 3.05 which worked and rebooted. But when I went to connect USB to see drive in Windows it wouldn't access it and wanted to format the SD CARD. So I said yes. A reboot later and it sat on HP logo.

So I did another online WebOS Doctor 3.05 and it stuck at 12% for ages. I disconnected the device and it then said ! www.palm.com/ROM screen.

I did a little research and came across http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20989526#post20989526 and have followed the novaterm commands for 32 GB device.

But I am stuck at Step 9

9) Run webOS Doctor 3.0.0 (This is to ensure a repartitioning and no other version will work at this point )

I have downloaded webosdoctorp300hstnhwifi.zip from the Internals site but I am unsure how to start this from the command prompt.

Is it done from the Windows command prompt or the Novaterm command prompt? And what command do I issue to finish Step 9?

Regards

Soulace1970

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OK I renamed the zip file to jar and webos 3.0.0 has moved past 12% *fingers crossed*
[TouchPad General] mthous01:
Don't freak out if your first boot into WebOS takes awhile. It took my TP almost 5 minutes to boot that first time.
[TouchPad General] sstar:
okay if its not working after you changed it .jar pm me and i will try to help you.
[TouchPad General] jimvsmij:
I'm getting the exact same message as a William in a previous post is getting:

lvm.static vgscan --ignorelockingfailure

/dev/mmcblk0p14: Lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid argument

/dev/mmcblk0p14: Lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid argument

Volume group "store" inconsistent

/dev/mmcblk0p14: lseek 31228690432 failed: invalid argument

Warning: Inconsistent metadata found for VG store - updating to use version 13

/dev/mmcblk0p14: Lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid argument

Automatic Metadata correction failed

Did anyone help him figure out how to fix this? Help!
[TouchPad General] geomonroe:
First things first, make sure you are fully charged twenty four hours longer if non stock charger, I will post a link when I find it that helped me it's no biggy,just two commands that will help

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34146652#post34146652

post #163, the second link.

let me know how it goes, i have been through this a bunch of times, it seems the touchpad doesnt behave as well as a phone, for me anyway:)
[TouchPad General] Gabonjour:
I dont have root access to Touchpad

I followed every step and novaterm doesnt says "root@hptouchpad:/#". All it says is this:

And this:

What is suposed I have to do? =S

Am I doing something wrong?

I tried it on Windows and Ubuntu.
[TouchPad General] chicle_11:
Did you try the work around on page 12?

And you have to type the commands one at a time and let it execute. Answer yes to the questions at the beginning.
[TouchPad General] geomonroe:
Did you hit the connect button, it's in one of the tabs at the top? I have had to find and open xterm through the palm folder. For some reason xterm doesn't always play nice. Keep us informed. I have been through this a few times:D
[TouchPad General] Gabonjour:
Yes, I tried the work around page 12 but novaterm keep saying that all those commands doesn exist. Obviously I hadnt anything to answer yes or no, not yet.

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Yes, I did it (hit Connect button in the menus), as you can see in the pictures novaterm is connected to my Touchpad, but doesnt access as root, or I dont know what. The fact is that it doesnt say "root@touchpad" in the prompt.

I used Xecutah in webOS. It access as root user and recognize linux commands, but novaterm doesnt.

My HP Touchpad was bricked and I restored using novacom, ACMEUninstaller and webOS Doctor. It's working fine but I want to install CM9 o 10 again.

I have downloaded Clockworkmod 6, Moboot 3.8, CM10 (Schizoid) and gApps for Jelly Bean.

When I run ACMEInstaller3, the two penguins appear in the touchpad, a lot of words.... but it says that the freespace is not the same that what the system reports, so it stops and ask to reboot the tablet.

The day before yesterday I had root access using novaterm in Ubuntu, but I dont remember how I've done that. It was before following HP's instructions for installing SDK. I did all those steps again but today it doesnt want to access as root user.

D:!!!

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forum.xda-developers(DOT)com/showthread.php?t=2252528
[TouchPad General] chicle_11:
The only thing I can think of is to make sure you have the latest drivers for the tp installed.

I know it's a PITA, I've had to do this 3 times, and I always run into some kind of problem.

The bright side is that eventually you'll get it to work.

Good luck.
[TouchPad General] geomonroe:
Try going into palm folder and opening xtem from there. Maybe also make sure you are in developer mode in webos I don't use xecuteh so not sure about that. If your partitions are screwed up there is a post on reformatting and starting from scratch. I use doctor 3.0. Also robo13 on YouTube has an excellent cyn9 install video. Let me know and I will post the links.

P.S. I would start over at the beginning of this post, make sure you pick the correct size tablet and follow the guide to the letter and stop at doctor 3.0

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdvCGyxfhg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Cyanogen mod install, very simple very easy!
[TouchPad General] Gabonjour:
What does PITA means? o.O

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I always run novaterm from the Palm, Inc/Terminal folder in Windows. In Ubuntu it is suposed we can type novaterm in the terminal and it inmediately access to the touchpad as root user, but no, no oe of these options works for me :/

I have installed CM9 in the past in the same touchpad but I screwed it after upgrading to CM10 (4.2.2).

I used novacom to save the uimage (Linux kernel?) again in the touchpad, and when the doctor get stucked in 12% I used novaterm to reconnect and to do something (I dont rememnber what) I found in some tutorials. All that helped me to re run the doctor and complete the restore proccess.

Well... three days ago I accessed as root using novaterm in Ubuntu but it was to late (2:50 AM) and I was getting asleep, so I decided to re try next day. Oh bad luck me: next day it didnt want to access as root to my touchpad... :(

My touchpad is a Wi-Fi 32GB device.

I dont lnow what to do now. webOS looks pretty but it became an (almost) useless OS.
[TouchPad General] chicle_11:
PITA = Pain in the ***
[TouchPad General] rr5678:
When you get this, what is displayed on the TouchPad's screen? USB symbol or the HP logo?
[TouchPad General] sstar:
Have you tried the suggestion on page 12?